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How do you say "ball-point pen" in French?
le stylo à bille
In French, "ball-point pen" is le stylo à bille.
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Pronunciation
Say 'stee-lo ah bee' where 'stylo' rhymes with 'hello' and 'bille' sounds like 'bee'.
Grammar notes
Stylo is masculine (le stylo), bille is feminine (la bille). Combined phrase is 'le stylo a bille'. Plural: les stylos a bille.
Example sentence
Je signe avec un stylo a bille.
I sign with a ballpoint pen.
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How to remember le stylo à bille
Bille means ball. A ballpoint pen has a tiny ball that rolls ink onto paper.
Related words
- computer mouse la souris de l'ordinateur
- dictionary le dictionnaire
- envelope l'enveloppe
- fountain pen le stylo-plume
- light switch l'interrupteur
- notebook le carnet
- pencil le crayon
- phone le téléphone
- ruler la règle
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Questions about le stylo à bille
How do you say "ball-point pen" in French?
In French, "ball-point pen" is le stylo à bille. It is a noun.
Is le stylo à bille masculine or feminine?
Stylo is masculine (le stylo), bille is feminine (la bille). Combined phrase is 'le stylo a bille'. Plural: les stylos a bille.
How is le stylo à bille used in a sentence?
Use le stylo à bille as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: Je signe avec un stylo a bille. (I sign with a ballpoint pen.).
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